Reference Books and Electronic Sources

The following list is a selection of encyclopedias, dictionaries, almanacs and yearbooks that have proven very helpful to students in the past. All print sources are shelved in the Reference Area:

1. Complete Film Dictionary, 2nd Ed .
Author: Konigsberg, I. 
Publisher: Penguin
Call Number: Ref. PN 1993.45.K66 1997
Includes nearly 4,000 entries on all aspects of filmmaking.

2. Dictionary of Advertising Terminology
http://advertising.utexas.edu/research/terms/index.html
An online dictionary of advertising terms.

3. Entertainment Almanac
http://infoplease.lycos.com/ent.html
Includes television ratings and schedules, radio and television network listings as well as various other entertainment-related news and information.

4. International Encyclopedia of Communication
Call Number: Ref. P 87.5.I5 1989
Comprehensive coverage of topics associated with the communications field. Articles on related topics are often clustered together under a common heading. Volume 4 of the work offers a topical guide arranged in sections containing articles related to the general heading. 

5. Magill's Cinema Annual
Publisher: Gale Group
Call Number: Ref. PN 1993.45.M33 [year]

"The Magill's editorial staff reviews a variety of entertainment industry publications, including trade magazines and newspapers, as well as online sources, on a daily and weekly basis to select significant" domestic and foreign films released in the United States for essay-length reviews by film scholars and university faculty. In addition, the Annual includes obituaries and life achievement award sections, award and nominations listings, box office grosses and various other features (Preface, p. vii).

6. On the Air: The Encyclopedia of Old-time Radio
Author: Dunning, John.   
Publisher: Oxford University Press 
Call Number: Ref. PN 1991.3.U6 D8 1998

Provides broadcast histories of over 1,500 radio shows.

7. Webster's New World Dictionary of Media and Communications
Call Number: Ref. P 87.5.W45 1996

Entries for terms used in the broadcasting, printing, telecommunications and other communications-related fields.